Detachable fastener for dress-shields



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. G. ROBERTS.

I DETAGHABLE FASTENER FOB. DRESS SHIELDS.

No. 590,807. Patented Sept. 28,1897.

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NITED STATES,

ATENT FFIQE GRACE ROBERTS, OF BROOKLYN, NEYV YORK.

DETACHABLE FASTENER FOR DRESS-SHIELDS.

srEcrFrcATIoN formingpart of Letters Patent No. 590,807, dated September28, 1897.

Application filed November 5, 1896. Serial No. 611,152. (No model.)

' out the use of stitching, pins, &c.

Figure 1, in side elevation, represents a dress-shield of usualconstruction partially broken out and with my invention applied thereto.Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view through the plies of the shield onthe line as :c, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a like view showing the detachablefastener in engagement with the arm-scye of the dress-waist. Fig. l isan enlarged perspective view of one of the fasteners, and Fig. 5 is aside elevation thereof.

The dress-shield S is of any desired construction, and in Fig. 1 I haveshown it as provided at or near each endof the folded edge S with one ofmy novel fasteners. (Shown separately in Figs. 4 and 5.)

For the production of my novel fastener I take a piece of spring-wire ofsmall gage and of some non-corrodible material,such as brass, andstarting with a straight or body portion b I bend the latter backwardfrom the ends I) b and coil or wind the said wire oppositely about saidstraight portion to substantially the centre thereof, thus forming twospiral springs s 5. Having brought the innermost coils of the said wiressubstantially together, the arms b b of the wire are crossed and theirextremities are pointed and bent one toward the other to formholding-prongs d d, the crossing of the arms and the particulardirection given to the prongs causing them, under the action of thespring-coils s s, to normally maintain the said prongs closed side byside, as best shown in Figs. 2 and at.

This fastener will be applied to the interior of the dress-shield, sothat it may grasp the arm-scye of the dress or waist and not be exposedat all at the outer side of the shield,

and the attachment of the fastener may be moreor less permanent, for itmay, among other ways, be secured by stitches through eyes 0 c, whichmay be made in the arms b 19 or rivets, as 7", (see Fig. 2,) may beused, the essential feature being that the prongs shall point towardeach other at a short distance from that edge of the shield which comesdirectly under the arm of the wearer.

One half or side of each portion of the fastener is attached to one plyor side of the shield and the other half to the other ply, so that byseparating the plies the prongs d d will be drawn apart sufficiently topermit the insertion between them of the material of the arm-scye, as D,Fig. 3, of the dress-waist.

This fastener, as stated, lies within the inner side of thedress-shield,and the springcoils s 8 act normally to force the prongs firmly into theopposite sides of the arm-scye as soon as-the fastener spreads apart andpush down over the seam of the arm-scye as soon as released, so that theshield is held securely in place, yet it is held in a readily-detachablemanner to the arm-scye of the dress-waist and can. be readily removedand replaced by a fresh one. I

It will be obvious that all the annoyance attendant upon the attachmentof dressshields to garments bysewing, pinning, and the like is entirelyobviated by my invention without materially increasing the cost of theshields, and the fasteners, being made of noncorrodible metal, will notrust from perspiration or when the shields are washed.

. My invention is not restricted to the precise construction hereinshown, as the same may be modified without departing from my invention.

It will be seen that the fasteners are 10- wrapped about the bodyportion to form two spring-coils, the adjacent ends of the coils beinglaterally extended and oppositelybent toward each other at theirextremities to form holding-prongs, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GRACE ROBERTS. \Vitn esses:

FLORENCE TREAT, ROY LYNDE FERNALD.

